DV7 Harddrive issues

I have a DV7-4295US that has been back for warranty repair 8 times. 7 of thoes trips were for hard drive replacement. The last time the hard drive went bad, i had a western digital installed at my expense. That drive has lasted 2 months and now it has failed today. I cant imagive that i am having such bad luck with hard drives and wondering what could be causing the hard drives to go bad on this model.

I don't know why the you're having so many hard drive failures, I can only guess, but the drives them selves are not to blame, something in the MoBo is causing them to fail.
 Go into "Power Options" in the Control Panel. Click on "Change Plan Settings" > "Change Advanced Power Settings" In that list find "Hard Disk" and make sure it turns off after 10 minutes or so.
 Perhaps a mother board problem where the drive is getting to much DC current, in which case you need to return the laptop for a replacement.
 You need to push HP here to get you a new machine. There is something else going on here just beyond hard drive failures.
 I would not suggest putting in an SSD, as it may be damaged. Throwing good money after bad is not a solution.
 I think there is a fault in the MoBo that's causing the drive to fail. Keep at HP until they give you a new machine.

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